Tm. Worsfold et al., SHALLOW-WATER RISSOIFORM GASTROPODS FROM TRISTAN-DA-CUNHA, SOUTH-ATLANTIC OCEAN, WITH RECORDS OF SPECIES FROM GOUGH-ISLAND, Zoologica scripta, 22(2), 1993, pp. 153-166
Shallow water rissoiform gastropods collected by the Norwegian Scienti
fic Expedition (1937-1938) to Tristan da Cunha are described. The faun
a consists of Powellisetia cf. philomelae (Watson) (Rissoidae), three
new species of Eatoniella, E. trochiformis, E. lineata, and E. tristan
ensis (Eatoniellidae), two new species of Onoba, O. crassicordata and
O. tristanensis (Rissoidae) and Rissoella cf. irma (Bartsch) (Rissoell
idae). A small collection from Gough Island is also described, contain
ing three species referred to Onoba, one of which is described as new,
O. merelinoides, and a species of Eatoniella. The biogeographic relat
ionships of the fauna are briefly discussed.